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| -rw-r--r-- | misc/beep/README | 25 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/misc/beep/README b/misc/beep/README index f78c1af8fd213..845ecb406419c 100644 --- a/misc/beep/README +++ b/misc/beep/README @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ -beep does exactly what you would expect: it beeps. +beep does exactly what you would expect: it beeps. -Unlike printf("\a"), beep allows you to control pitch, duration, and -repetitions. Its job is to live inside shell/perl scripts and allow more -granularity than one would otherwise have. It is controlled completely -through command line options. It's not supposed to be complex, and it -isn't - but it makes system monitoring (or whatever else it gets hacked -onto) that much more informative. - -You may need to set beep executable suid; thre are potential security -issues with doing so, but the beep source code is very small and easily -auditable, and you won't get a lot of use of it unless it's suid, but -that's your call. See the SlackBuild script for the proper variable to -change if you want to install it suid. +Unlike printf("\a"), beep allows you to control pitch, duration, and +repetitions. Its job is to live inside shell/perl scripts and allow +more granularity than one would otherwise have. It is controlled +completely through command line options. It's not supposed to be +complex, and it isn't - but it makes system monitoring (or whatever +else it gets hacked onto) that much more informative. +You may need to set beep executable suid; thre are potential security +issues with doing so, but the beep source code is very small and +easily auditable, and you won't get a lot of use of it unless it's +suid, but that's your call. See the SlackBuild script for the proper +variable to change if you want to install it suid. |